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Intel unveils mobile vPro platform

Remote management capabilities brought to mobile systems

Intel has
launched a mobile version of its
vPro
business computing platform under the Centrino Pro brand.

The platform allows IT departments to manage and patch systems remotely.
First unveiled in April last year, vPro enabled desktops have been shipping
since September.

Systems that qualify for the logo programme have to meet certain hardware and
software requirements.

This ensures compliance with a company's security policies, and enables
remote management features such as the ability to boot up systems over a network
to apply updates and patches at night.

Centrino Pro and vPro will be slightly different, however. "There will be a
gap in the features between Centrino Pro and vPro," Intel spokeswoman Christine
Dotts told
vnunet.com.

The Centrino platform allows systems to be managed over a Wi-Fi connection,
for instance, whereas vPro supports only Ethernet connections.

The two platforms will also have separate roadmaps. Intel plans to release an
update to vPro
codenamed 'Weybridge' in the second half of this year, but could not say
when it plans to make the Weybridge features available to mobile systems.

Working with the industry standard Trusted Platform Module security chip, TXT
allows applications and processes to operate in a shielded environment and
prevents code tampering.

TXT verifies an application's authenticity before it is executed by comparing
a hash value for the current and past states. If attackers replace an
application with infected code, TXT will prevent it from being executed.

The technology will not be part of the initial Centrino Pro systems, Dotts
said. The Centrino Pro technology will be made available to PC manufacturers in
the second quarter of this year as part of its
mobile
Santa Rosa platform.